L. W. Briggs Company
Lucius W. Briggs (August 26, 1866 – September 10, 1940) was an American architect in practice in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1896 until his death in 1940. During that period he was the city's leading architect. Life and career Lucius Wallace Briggs was born August 26, 1866, in Worcester to Cornelius Winters Briggs, a mechanical engineer, and Lucy Ryder Briggs, née Wallace. He was educated in the Worcester public schools and as a special student in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked as a drafter for Worcester contractors Norcross Brothers and architects Barker & Nourse and Fuller & Delano. In 1896 he left to open his own office. His early practice was chiefly residential, and he was a runner-up in the competition to design the new Worcester County Courthouse.Charles Nutt, "Lucius Wallace Briggs," in ''History of Worcester and its People'', vol. 4 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1919): 711.Leon Keach, "Lucius W. Briggs" in ' ...
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Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 censu